Manchester United are near agreeing a £70m take care of Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong however nonetheless face a struggle to persuade the midfielder to depart the Nou Camp.
Erik ten Hag labored with De Jong when the pair had been at Ajax and is eager to reunite with the 25-year-old at Outdated Trafford.
Ten Hag, who has signed a three-year deal at United, desires to bolster his squad with a brand new striker, midfielder and centre again this summer time, with the likes of Paul Pogba, Edinson Cavani and Jesse Lingard leaving the membership following the 2021-22 marketing campaign.
Manchester United have been discussing phrases with Barcelona for a number of weeks and Spanish outlet Sport say a deal is now near being reached.
It's claimed United are near agreeing a £70m switch payment for De Jong, with Barcelona taking the chance to money in on the Netherlands star as they appear to enhance their dire monetary state of affairs.
But it surely stays to be seen whether or not De Jong truly indicators for Manchester United as he reportedly nonetheless wants some convincing.
Whereas De Jong is drawn to the Premier League and loved taking part in below Ten Hag, the dearth of Champions League soccer at Outdated Trafford is performing as a deterrent.
Below interim boss Ralf Rangnick and former supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United completed simply sixth final season, which means they'll function within the Europa League subsequent time period.
To compensate, United are able to make De Jong one in every of their highest-paid gamers, though the Dutchman might nonetheless resolve he desires to stay at Barcelona.
Manchester United need a ultimate determination from De Jong by the center of June and will step up their curiosity in Lazio star Sergej Milinkovic-Savic if their prime goal turns them down.
De Jong has made 140 appearances for Barcelona since becoming a member of the La Liga giants from Ajax in 2019. He was one in every of Barca’s most vital gamers final season, making 47 appearances final season.
Final month, former Liverpool and England star Steve McManaman urged De Jong to snub a transfer to Manchester United this summer time.
‘Enjoying for Barcelona on the rise or Manchester United on the rise is a very completely different factor when one’s taking part in within the Champions League and the opposite one isn’t,’ he stated.
‘For him to go to Manchester United then I feel they’d should pay him greater than he’s incomes at Barcelona, which I feel will likely be a extremely onerous factor to do contemplating that he went to Barcelona for an enormous sum of money.
‘You’d fairly keep at Barcelona within the Champions League with Xavi attempting to vary issues round. Gamers like [Andreas] Christensen and [Robert] Lewandowski doubtlessly coming in makes that a extra thrilling problem in my view.’
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